Inflation may be making everything unbearable, but there’s still one great bargain in the Bay Area: a glass of 10-cent beer in Berkeley, poured every single day.
The last time America saw a deal like this might’ve been the notorious “10-cent Beer Night” at the 1974 Cleveland Indians/Texas Rangers baseball game. That promotion ended in a riot with drunken fans storming the field, some naked, forcing players to retreat while swinging fists and baseball bats.
But on a recent evening at Triple Rock Brewery & Taphouse on Berkeley’s Shattuck Ave., things were pretty quiet — and the clothes remained on — as the clock ticked past 5 p.m. A bartender poured half-pint glasses of “Go Beers! West Coast IPA” and lined them up on a bar mat. At 5:10 p.m. exactly, he rang a bell and yelled, “Get your dim